Definition of Discus

1.n. A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

Definition of Discus

1. Noun. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport. ¹

2. Noun. The athletics sport of discus throwing. ¹

3. Noun. (context: plural: '''discus''') A discus fish. ¹

4. Noun. (rare dated) A chakram. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discus

1. a disk hurled in athletic competition [n -CUSES or -CI]

Medical Definition of Discus

1.
1. A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. The exercise with the discus.
This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance.
2. A disk.
Origin: E. Discuses, L. Disci.
(03 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Discus

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1.Gymnastics for Youth, Or, A Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing by Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1803)"The discus. Practice of the ancients. We find the discus in use so early, ...
Achilles exercised his myrmidons in throwing the discus and the dart. ..."

3.Manual of Human and Comparative Histology by Salomon Stricker, Henry Power (1872)"Others, again, as Coste (33), consider that the position occupied by the discus
is close beneath the most superficial part of the follicle. ..."

4.A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)"L. discus, a disc (above). -Diphthong, a union of two vowel sounds in one syllable.
... —L. discus, a quoit, platter; in late L., a table. ..."

5.Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes, Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1892)"... discus (Fig. 78). It has six rows of little symmetrical bones springing from
a leg-like origin. ..."

6.Calisthenics and Light Gymnastics for Home and School by Alfred M. A. Beale (1888)"Throwing the discus. Among the Greeks, throwing the discus did not form part of
the games till the eighteenth Olympiad. This exercise consisted in throwing, ..."

7.Athletic Training by Michael C. Murphy (1914)"CHAPTER XVI THE discus THROW THROWING the discus is an event which has become
... Before one takes up discus throwing he should acquaint himself with the ..."